Combination clothes rack umbrella



. Dec. 30,1947.

J. E. SNYDER I 2,433,793

COMBINATION CLOTHES RACK UMBRELLA I 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Sept. 17, 1945 Dec. 30, 1.947.

J. E. SNYDER COMBINATION CLOTHES RACK UMBRELLA Filed Sept. 17, 1945 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 M 5 s a r v \\\\\\\\\l 1 Dec. 30, 1947. J. E. SNYDER COMBINATION CLOTHES RACK UMBRELLA Filed Sept. 17, 1945 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented Dec. 30, 1947 I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COMBINATION CLOTHES RACK UMBRELLA John E. Snyder,Los Angeles, Calif. Application September 17, 1945, SerialNo. 616,689

9 Claims.

This invention relates to a combination clothes I rack umbrella, and more particularly to a combination clothes rack or reel to be set up in the yard, or other suitable place, and which has in combination therewith an umbrella structure which can be raised up, in closed condition above the rack or reel, so as to expose the clothes reel to the sun and air, or which can be let down and opened out immediately above the clothes reel so as to shelter the same and so as to provide the usual umbrella comfort for persons thereunder.

Among the salient objects of my invention are: to provide a simple, practical and easily operated combination umbrella structure and clothes reel, so related and interconnected that the same support will support both, and so that the umbrella can be raised above the reel in closed form and out of the way of the clothes reel, when desired,

or can be let down upon and over said clothes reel, the supporting stem or pole structure serving to support both.

In order to more fully explain my invention, I have shown on the accompanying three sheets of drawings, one practical embodiment thereof, with a modified form thereof. In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary, vertical sectional view of one embodiment of the invention, showing the umbrella raised inclosed form above the clothes reel, with parts broken away to reduce the size of the figure;

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the umbrella let down in open position immediately over the clothes reel;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary, horizontal sectional view, taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2, showing details of construction of the clothes reel;

Figs. 4 and 5 are fragmentary sectional views taken on lines 44 and 55, respectively, on Fig. 2;

Figure 6 is a fragmentary sectional detail taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 1;

Figure 7 is a detailed sectional view taken on the line I-T, of Fig. 2;

Figure 8 is a fragmentary, vertical sectional view of a modified form of the invention, showing the umbrella raised by means of a cable and pulley from its down position to its raised position, it being only partially raised, and only enough mechanism being shown to explain its operation;

Figure 9 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 'l-'I of Fig. 8, and

Fig. 10 is a detailed sectional view taken on the line I IJIB, on Fig. 8.

Referring now in' detail to the drawings, my

2: invention as here illustrated, includes a main standard or pipe Ill, suitablyanchored in a base II, or it can be otherwise permanently anchored, said pipe having in its upper end an insert piece or bushing I2, and being provided with a collar or flange portion l3.

Slidably inserted in said pipe I0 is another member or pipe I4, operating through said insert bushing I2, and at its lower end provided with a collar or member l5, and a projecting finger I6, working in a longitudinal slot in said pipe II), as indicated, for the purpose of raising and lowering. said inner telescoping member or pipe I4. Said main pipe Illis also provided at diiferent locations with cut-out notches, as I1, into which said lifting finger I6 can be turned for the purpose of holding said inner member [4 in different positions, as will be clear from the showing in Figs. 1 and 2.

Secured'around said main pipe Ill, toward its upper end, is a hub-like member I8, having the arm receiving flanges l9, l9, and between which arezpivotally connected the upper ends of reel arms, 20, 20, by means of the pivot pins 2|, 2!. Each of said arms 20, is provided at spaced intervals along its length, with through pins as 22, around the under end of which the wires or cables 23, 23, are fastened, substantially as indicated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. From the upper end of said main pipe l0, and from the flange I3, extend a series of channel members, as 24, the lower ends of which are each secured to the outer end of ,one of the reel arms 20, 20, as shown at 25. These members 24 serve as brace or supporting means for the outer ends of said arms 29, and

also as guides or slideways for the umbrella arms,

hereinafter referred to.

The upper. end of said inner, or telescoping member or pipe I4 is provided with a plate or member 26, secured thereto by means of a screw bolt 21, said member 26having formed a series of bearing rings 26 in which are pivotally connected the upper ends of umbrella arms, designated 28, provided with side plates 29, and pivot pins 30, as clearly shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4.

The lower ends of said umbrella arms or members 28, are each provided with an attaching member 3|, as shown in Fig. '7, secured thereto, with a pin portion therethrough, as .at 32, said pin 32 being of angle form and having at its lower end a T-part 33, to fit within and slide in the channel brace members 24, as clearly shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 7. Thus'the outer ends of the umbrella arms or members 28 are held and guided in said channel members 24, as the umbrella is raised and lowered by raising and lowering the inner pipe or member M, to the top of which said umbrella arms are pivotally connected, as before described. The T-part 33 of said connecting member 3l--32, slides in said channel member 24, but can rock therein so as to conform to the changing angle of the umbrella arm 28 as it moves from the position shown in Fig. 2, to h p sition shown Fig. where it up above the clothes reel and in closed condition. This movement from one position to the other is accomplished by taking hold of the finger IE, on the lower end of the inner pipe or member l4 and raising or lowering it, in the indicated.

In Fig. 8, I have shown a slightly modified form of the invention in which I use a pulley at :izhe top of the inner supporting member with cable i-or pulling the umbrella up to its closed position above the clothes reel. In this form of the invention, I use wood construction instead of channel membersas shown in the other form. The main supporting member or pipe M is the same, and the base H, or its anchorage is the same, as is the hub 19 and the reel arms 20.

At the upper end of the main Pipe M! .is a top plate 34 to which brace members 35 are connected by bolts 35, and at their outer or lower ends, said brace members 35 are bolted to the outer ends of the reel arms 20, by means of long bolts '31. This gives a rigid construction for the support of the clothes reel arms .21], '20.

The umbrella arms are designated 38, and are pivotally connected at their upper ends to a plate 139, having the depending pairs of lugs 40, All, for that purpose, with a pivot pin 4:] therethrongh. Said plate 39 is mounted to slide up and down on the upper pole or member 42, having its lower end anchored in the upper end of the member H], with set screw 43- for holding it in. adjusted position, as indicated. When adjusted this will probably be bolted in place.

,At the upper end of said member 42 is provided with a pulley 44, over which runs a cable 45, one end of which is secured to the plate '39, as at 46, and the other end of which runs through an opening 41 in said plate and down to the clothes reel member 28, where it can be tied for hand operation in pulling the plate 39, and the upper ends of the umbrella arms 38 up to the top of said member 42. The lower ends of the umbrella arms 38 are each provided with a ill-shaped member 4-8, having four bolts or pins therethrough with rollers 49, 49 thereon, as shown, which run on the brace members 35. One of the bolts, designated 50, it will be seen, is extended through the umbrella arm 38, and constitutes a pivoted connection for said. U-shaped member 48, to permit it to move freely along on said brace member 35, when the umbrella is pulled up to the upper closed position and from over the clothes reel.

Thus it will be seen that 'I have provided a central supporting standard structure, shown in two parts, with one part within the other and forming an extension thereof, with the clothes drying reel secured around said standard and with the umbrella structure secured around its .center to said standard so as to be raised and lowered for closing the umbrella above the clothes reel, around said standard, and for opening it h outwardly over said clothes reel for covering the same, with means for raising and lowering the umbrella structure.

While I have shown and described two slightly different embodiments of the invention, I am aware that many changes in the details of construction and arrangement shown for explanatory purposes can be made without departing from the spirit thereof, and I do not, therefore, limit the invention to the details shown and described except as I may be limited by the hereto appended claims.

I claim:

1. ,A clothes drying reel and umbrella combination including a central supporting standard, a clothes drying reel extending therearound and secured thereto, brace members anchored at their upper ends to said standard and having their outer ends connected with the outer periphery of'said clothes reel, an umbrella structure pivotally connected around its center with said standard and having the outer ends of its ribs slidably connected with said brace members, and means for closing said umbrella above said clothes drying reel by moving the central portion of said umbrella upwardly, whereby the outor ends of said umbrella ribs move upwardly on said brace members toward the central standard.

2. A clothes drying reel and umbrella combination including a central supporting standard, a

clothes dryin reel extending therearound and secured thereto, brace members connected at their upper ends to said standard above said reel and having their outer ends connected with the periphery of said clothes drying reel, an umbrella. structure pivotally connected at its center around said supporting standard and having the outer ends of its ribs slidably connected with said brace =members at their outer ends and slidable upwardly on said brace members as said umbrella structure is moved upwardly to close the same above said clothes reel, and means for moving said umbrella into closed condition around said central standard and above said clothes reel.

3. A combination of clothes drying reel and umbrella including a supporting standard, a clothes reel extending around said standard and secured thereto, brace members from said standard, above said reel, and connected to the outer ends of said clothes reel members, an umbrella on said standard with said standard as its central member, said umbrella having radial members slidably connected at their outer ends with said brace members, and means for moving the central portion of said umbrella upwardly and its radial members inwardly to closed position around said standard, with the outer ends of said umbrella radial members moving upwardly on said brace members to said standard.

4. A clothes drying reel and umbrella combination including a central supporting standard with one part thereof telescoped within a second part thereof, a clothes reel extending therearound and secured thereto, brace members anchored at their upper ends to said standard and havin their outer ends connected with the periphery of said clothes ree'l for supporting the same, an umbrella structure having ribs pivotally connected around its center with the upper part of said standard and having the outer ends of said ribs movably connected with said brace members, and means for moving the centrally connected part of said umbrella structure upwardly into closed condition above said clothes reel, whereby the outer ends of said umbrella ribs move upwardly on .said brace members toward the central standard.

5. A combination clothes drying reel and umbrella including a central supporting standard having one part telescoping with relation to the other part and forming an extension thereof, a

clothes reel mounted thereon and secured thereto, a series of brace members connecting said central standard With the outer part of said reel for supporting the latter, an umbrella structure having ribs pivotally connected around its center with said central standard and having the outer ends of said ribs slidably connected with said brace members to move up and down on the same as said umbrella structure is closed and opened above said clothes reel, and means for raising the umbrella by its central connected part into closed condition around said standard with said ribs moving at their outer ends on said brace members.

6. A combination clothes drying reel and umbrella including a central supporting standard structure, a clothes drying reel structure connected at its center around said standard and secured thereto, a series of brace members connected to the top of said standard, above said reel, and connected to the outer ends of said reel members for supporting said reel around its periphery, an umbrella structure connected around its center with the upper end of said supporting standard structure and having ribs movable together around said standard above said clothes reel when said umbrella is in closed position, and meansfor lowering said umbrella structure with its ribs movable out over said clothes reel to cover the same.

7. A clothes drying reel and umbrella combination including a central supporting standard with one part thereof telescoping within a second part thereof, a clothes reel extending around the outer part of said standard and secured thereto, brace members anchored at their upper ends to the upper end of said outer part of said standard and having their outer ends connected with the outer part of said reel, an umbrella structure pivotally connected around its center with the upper end of the inner part of said standard and having ribs slidably connected at their outer ends with said brace members, and means for raising and lowering the inner part of said standard, whereby to raise the center part of said umbrella structure and move said umbrella ribs inwardly along said brace members close around said standard to uncover said clothes reel.

8. The combination clothes drying reel and umbrella which includes a central standard in telescoping inner and outer parts with means for raising the inner part thereof upwardly out of the upper end of the outer part thereof, a clothes drying reel around said standard and secured at its center to said outer standard part, brace members connected at their upper ends to the upper end of said outer standard part and at their outer ends to the outer part of said reel to support it, an umbrella structure pivotally connected at its center around the upper end of the inner part of said standard and having its outer parts slidably connected with said brace members, whereby to slide up and down thereon as said umbrella structure is raised and lowered above said reel.

9. A combination clothes drying reel and um brella including a central supporting standard having an inner telescoping part to be raised and lowered therein, means for raising and lowering said inner part, a clothes reel around said standard and secured to the same with brace members connected to the upper end of said standard and to the outer part of said reel, an umbrella having its center around and connected with the upper end of the inner telescoping part of said standard and its outer and lower parts overlying said clothes drying reel, whereby as said inner telescoping part of said standard is raised and lowered said umbrella is raised therewith and closed around said telescoping part to uncover said reel, and when said inner telescoping part is lowered, said umbrella is lowered therewith and opened out over said reel.

JOHN E. SNYDER.

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